Now that I've fully finished the game, I can write a full review. :D For starters, I liked this much better than the original CycloManiacs, more variety of levels, character, in general overall. I did find the last 'story' level to be quite a challenge actually, but it's possible and leaves a rewarding feeling once you beat it. I did like the unlocks system, it represented a progress bar for me and kept me going to fully complete it. Finally, I loved the mini-games and how you could unlock certain people through beating 'x' score. Brought more of an involvement to the game. 5/5 and a favorite from me.
I very thoroughly enjoyed this game. Without the titles, it definitely would have taken some creative thinking to figure out some of those levels. At first I thought my controls were broken, then I realized you weren't supposed to move, which made an interesting twist to the game. Other than that, great work and a 5/5 for you.
I really want to play this, but for fear of the inevitable badge/badges it will get, and no API, I don't want to play this again later. Wait... what am I saying... I love Synapsis. *Plays anyway.*
Just a couple things that would change my rating of 4/5 to 5/5 and I'm sure everyone else would like to see implemented as well: 1) A mini map, serving the purpose seeing enemy AI and what's coming up on the track. 2) After playing for some time, my game started to lag incredibly bad, even on low quality, so not sure if there's something that could be done with that. Finally, 3) when going over jumps, it would be nice to have a counter that shows your distance jumped when going over a jump. I searched for quite a while to look for the jump to get me over 500 m. Other than those things, great game. (Not intended to bash, only intended to help.)
Guide for par levels (and some under par) to come shortly. Also, there are 11 levels where you can under par, trust me, I have them: 7, 14, 16,17, 19, 21, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35.
I'll be making a guide on par levels tomorrow. I just need to finish parring level 26... which I can't figure out... And I'll have par on everything. Then I'll do them all again to record for everyone.
Good luck on that. You'll have a hard time in survival mode though. :D